Piano

We’ve invited some of the top pianists of our time to perform with us in our 80th birthday season. Víkingur Ólafsson, our Featured Artist, opens the season with Beethoven, gives the UK premiere of the concerto John Adams wrote for him, and leads a tribute to Kurtág. Evegeny Kissin is the soloist in an extraordinary programme of three concertos. Fazıl Say plays his own concerto ‘Mother Earth’. And there’s the chance to hear Frank Dupree, Kenis Kozhukhin, Bruce Liu and Benjamin Grosvenor too  

Birds eye view of Nikolai Lugansky playing the piano
Santtu-Matias Rouvali sat outdoors with his back against a tree trunk, looking upwards and outwards
Concert

BBC Proms: Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano

  • Ortiz Antrópolis
  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Royal Albert Hall

Steven Osborne looking towards the side, wearing a black tshirt and jacket
Concert

Bedford: Beethoven and Mozart with Steven Osborne

Rory Macdonald – conductor
Steven Osborne – piano

  • Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
  • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
Bedford Corn Exchange

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Vikingur Olafsson looking to the side
Concert

Basingstoke: Santtu and Víkingur Ólafsson

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano 

  • Sibelius Finlandia
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1945)
The Anvil, Basingstoke

Vikingur Ólafsson
Concert

Santtu and Víkingur Ólafsson

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor 
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano 

  • Ortiz Si el oxígeno fuera verde (UK premiere, Philharmonia commission)
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Vikingur Olafsson standing at the piano on stage at the Royal Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Concert

Bedford: Santtu and Víkingur Ólafsson

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor  
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano

  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
  • Ortiz Si el oxígeno fuera verde
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Bedford Corn Exchange

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Evgeny Kissin
Concert

Evgeny Kissin: one concert, three concertos

Lawrence Foster – conductor  
Evgeny Kissin – piano  

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto
  • Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Rachmaninov The Rock
  • Scriabin Piano Concerto
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Fazil Say
Concert

Santtu and Fazıl Say

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor  
Fazıl Say – piano  

  • de Falla El Amor Brujo Suite (orchestral version)
  • Say Mother Earth (Piano Concerto) (UK premiere)
  • Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Vikingur Ólafsson
Concert

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Víkingur Ólafsson

Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano

  • Adams Piano Concerto, 'After the Fall' (London premiere, Philharmonia co-commission)
  • Ravel Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet score)
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Vikingur Ólafsson
Concert

Víkingur Ólafsson celebrates Kurtág at 100

Elena Schwarz – conductor 
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano  
István Várdai – cello 

  • Kurtág Hommage à J. S. B.
  • Kurtág Double Concerto, Op. 27 No. 2
  • Schumann Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60
  • Kurtág Hommage à R. Sch.
  • Simpson Hommage à Kurtág
  • Kurtág ...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1
  • Bach Music for solo cello and solo piano
Queen Elizabeth Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Mark van de Wiel with Santtu-Matias Rouvali on stage at the Royal Festival Hall
Concert

Santtu conducts Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Frank Dupree – piano

  • Bernstein On the Waterfront Suite
  • Dove Clarinet Concerto, 'Rainbow' (World premiere, commissioned by Mark van de Wiel and the Philharmonia)
  • Copland Clarinet Concerto
  • Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Denis Kozukhin standing next to a piano
Concert

Denis Kozhukhin plays Beethoven

Ruth Reinhardt – conductor
Denis Kozhukhin – piano

  • Ortiz Tzam (UK premiere)
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
  • Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Bruce Liu sat at a piano
Concert

Bedford: Bruce Liu plays Ravel

Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano

  • Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
  • Ravel Piano Concerto in G
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Bedford Corn Exchange

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Bruce Liu leaning against a piano, in red lighting
Concert

Leicester: Bruce Liu plays Ravel

Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano

  • Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
  • Ravel Piano Concerto in G
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
De Montfort Hall

Bruce Liu
Concert

Bruce Liu plays Ravel

Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano

  • Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
  • Ravel Piano Concerto in G
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Headshot of conductor Adam Hickox
Concert

Canterbury: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven

Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano

  • Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
The Marlowe, Canterbury

Adam Hickox leaning on a wall and looking up at the camera
Concert

Bedford: Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms

Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano

  • Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
Bedford Corn Exchange

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Benjamin Grosvenor standing behind a piano, looking up and to the side and smiling
Concert

Leicester: Santtu and Benjamin Grosvenor in a Strauss extravaganza

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano

  • Strauss Don Juan
  • Strauss Rondo Burleske
  • Strauss Symphonia Domestica
  • Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
De Montfort Hall

Benjamin Grosvenor sat at the piano, facing the camera
Concert

Basingstoke: Santtu and Benjamin Grosvenor in a Strauss extravaganza

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor  
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano  

  • Strauss Don Juan
  • Strauss Rondo Burleske
  • Strauss Symphonia Domestica
  • Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
The Anvil, Basingstoke

Benjamin Grosvenor standing by a piano
Concert

Santtu conducts a Strauss extravaganza

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano

  • Strauss Don Juan
  • Strauss Burleske
  • Strauss Symphonia Domestica
  • Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.